Uefa
Uefa nets big increase for national team rights in Africa
Uefa enjoyed a substantial increase in the value of its national team rights in sub-Saharan Africa in the recent round of sales, with revenues up, on an annualised basis, by about 70 per cent.
EXCLUSIVE: Vietcontent agency nets Uefa club competitions in Vietnam
The Vietcontent agency has acquired rights to Uefa club competitions in Vietnam from 2024-25 to 2026-27, SportBusiness understands.
Team goes to market in Israel, leaving Mena as main outlier
Broadcasters in Israel have been given five weeks to formulate their bids for media rights to Uefa club competitions in the country
Uefa and Fifa cash in on New World TV’s disruption of African market
Uefa and Fifa benefitted from the aggressive entry into the African sports-rights market of New World Television, the Togo-based pay-television operator, to enjoy strong uplifts for club competition and World Cup rights, respectively.
Uefa in market for 2024-27 rights-holder in Baltics after Viaplay exit
The Team Marketing agency is to go to market with Uefa club competition broadcast rights in the Baltic countries shortly after the exit of Viaplay from the region.
Team takes Uefa club competition rights to market in raft of Asian territories
Team Marketing has gone to market simultaneously with Uefa club competition broadcast rights in 13 different Asian countries and territories as it begins to wrap up the 2024-27 sales cycle
EXCLUSIVE: ARD and ZDF have Euro 2028 rights locked up
ARD and ZDF, the public-service broadcasters in Germany, have regained rights directly to the Uefa European Championship in 2028, it has emerged
TRT to offer broad free window for Uefa club competitions in Turkey
Uefa club football is to be shown free-to-air in Turkey in the next cycle, after public broadcaster TRT picked up the rights to all three competitions.
Sony doubles fee to renew Uefa club competitions
Sony Pictures Networks will pay around double its current fee to shore up its football portfolio with a renewal of Uefa club competition rights in the Indian subcontinent from 2024-25 to 2026-27.
EXCLUSIVE: Sony retains Uefa club competitions in Indian subcontinent
Sony Pictures Networks has shored up its football portfolio with a renewal of Uefa club competition rights in the Indian subcontinent from 2024-25 to 2026-27, SportBusiness understands
ECJ rules against Fifa, Uefa but no ESL approval yet; A22 plots free OTT service
Fifa and Uefa acted unlawfully when they threatened to ban clubs and players joining breakaway competitions like the European Super League (ESL), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled
RTL, VTM retain free-to-air Champions League rights in Belgium
Free-to-air Uefa Champions League rights have been sold in Belgium to incumbent commercial broadcasters RTL and VTM for the 2024-27 cycle
Uefa follows Fifa, tenders Champions League rights in sub-Saharan Africa
Uefa and Fifa are going head-to-head with tenders in sub-Saharan Africa for major football properties, after media rights to European club competitions hit the market today (Monday)
TNT Sports sublicenses top women’s football rights from DAZN
Pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports has sublicensed rights in the UK and Ireland to selected matches from the Uefa Women’s Champions League and the top-tier domestic women’s leagues of France, Spain and…
DAZN, Uefa opt against paywall for UWCL
All matches from the group stages of this season’s Uefa Women’s Champions League will remain free to watch in most global markets despite initial plans by DAZN to move fixtures exclusively behind a pay…
Uefa club competition rights on the market in Greece
Greece is the next market off the block for Uefa and the Team Marketing agency as they look to close out the club competition media rights sales process ahead of the new cycle
EXCLUSIVE: SportyTV lands Euro 2024 package in sub-Saharan Africa
SportyTV has acquired an exclusive package of Uefa Euro 2024 free-to-air rights across large parts of sub-Saharan Africa, SportBusiness can reveal
Uefa Champions League returning to Portugal’s Sport TV, DAZN stays on board
Sport TV, the pay-television broadcaster, is to return as a Uefa Champions League rights-holder in Portugal for the first time in six years next season, it has been announced